Work & commute · Sylvania

Work & commute in Sylvania, AL

Most working residents leave Sylvania for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Payne (25%), Rainsville (15%) and Huntsville (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 654 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 647 Sylvania residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 273 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sylvania.

647live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

273work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sylvania goes to work

Fort Payne9.8 mi away

25%165

Rainsville5 mi away

15%97

Huntsville50.4 mi away

6%40

Scottsboro15 mi away

5%34

Albertville31 mi away

3%19

Chattanooga, TN47 mi away

3%17

Gadsden40.2 mi away

2%13

Fyffe9.7 mi away

2%12

Montgomery155.2 mi away

1%8

Powell5.7 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%242

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Sylvania commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

42%

21%

17%

42%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sylvania is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.43 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Sylvania are

280 jobs are based in Sylvania. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sylvania’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sylvania

280 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Sylvania residents hold

654 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−21%

Jobs based in Sylvania, 2013 → 2023: 353 → 280. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.